Am I the only one positively cannot handle her life or responsibilities becauseÂ Game of Thrones will be back on April 6? I am finding myself actuallyÂ angry with my boyfriend for flying out of the country that week in order to figure out his visa because it means he will not be around for the premiere, which I think means I am one of those terrible fans who needs to calm the F down and concentrate on what’s going on right now. But…whatÂ is going on right now (besidesÂ The Bachelor or whatever)? Why, theÂ Vanity Fair cover featuring five of the biggest players inÂ Game of Thrones, of course.

The photo spread was shot byÂ Annie Leibovitz, which feels like a great match given her affinity for a dreamy but vivid quality to her photos. (I’m no professional portrait artist, but her pictures of celebrities and models all feel almost ethereal to me.)Â The cover itself featuresÂ Emilia Clarke (who plays Daenerys Targaryan),Â Lena Headey (Cersei Lannister),Â Peter Dinklage (Tyrion Lannister),Â Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Jaime Lannister), andÂ Kit Harington (Jon Snow), all shown upon the side of a Westeros-like cliff. I find it a little odd that four of the actors were dressed inÂ GoT costumes while Coster-Waldau is in a suit one might wear to a super snazzy restaurant you have to actually get reservations for. Regardless, the shot is great.

The article itself is great, too, but it is a little stressful.Â Vanity FairÂ contributing editor Jim Windolf spoke to members of theÂ GoT team and oh-my-goodness-you-guys, it’s giving me a little anxiety. While we are all obviously waiting on pins and needles for more episodes to arrive, Windolf notes that there’s even more of a time crunch because child actors such asÂ Maisie Williams (Arya Stark) are aging, even as their characters do not. Of this pressure, authorÂ George R. R. Martin says:

â€śThis is a serious concern. Maisie was the same age as Arya when it started, but now Maisie is a young woman and Arya is still 11. Time is passing very slowly in the books and very fast in real life.â€ť

Plus, Windolf spoke to Dinklage about the presence of a little person as a character thatÂ isn’t merely fulfilling a stereotypical fantasy role. Dinklage says,

“It just seemed like something I had never come across before, especially in the fantasy genre, which I still refuse to call this, even though we have dragons. It is just something that I was so eager to embrace, because it turned the dwarf stereotype in the fantasy genre on its head. And heâ€™s a hero at the same time.

Even inÂ The Lord of the Rings,Â which I really lovedâ€”I loved those books as a child and I adore Peter Jacksonâ€™s moviesâ€”but thereâ€™s just that thing with the dwarf stuff. Thatâ€™s complete fantasy.”

My favorite excerpt of the interview, though: finding out thatÂ President Obama gets screeners early. Apparently that’s “oneÂ perk of being the most powerful man in the world,” according to co-creatorsÂ D. B. Weiss andÂ David Benioff. BRB, starting my political career ASAP.

Oh, and for more of this piece plus another amazing shot featuringÂ OMG DRAGONS, check it outÂ onÂ Vanity Fair!

So excited! (Also, you don’t need to take the self-emasculating stance of “I’m not a professional portrait artist, but…” Just because you aren’t an artist or art critic doesn’t mean you can’t appreciate art. It’s the same with movies: I love movies even though I’m not an actor or movie critic. Don’t be afraid to love something just because it’s a different medium. :D)